1) How will you keep track of your days/weeks in 2025? Do you have a desk planner? A wall calendar? A pocket planner? Do you use the app on your phone? I have 3 calendars in the house, a planner in my purse, and I occasionally use the calendar on my phone. For better or worse, in spite of having all that, I tend to rely on my memory more than anything.
2) Consider your typical week. Which day tends to be your busiest? They are all busy, but Fridays may feel more busy since that is my day at work to have planned and lead all the activities (learning, craft, exercise, life skill, etc.). On top of that, our daughter often asks us to keep the kids on Friday evenings while she and her husband go shopping or out to dinner.
3) This week's artist, Neil Sedaka, is one of pop music's most prolific singer-songwriters, but his first love was classical music. He was so good that he trained at Julliard and won the accolade, "Best New York High School Pianist." Recall one of your passions from your high school years. I liked writing and art. I wrote for the school paper and enrolled in most of the school's art classes. I wrote things on my own and was always drawing or doing something creative.
4) Elton John has always enjoyed Sedaka's music and in the 1970s, when Elton was one of the world's top stars, he requested a meeting. If you had the power to contact and then meet anyone in the world, who would you choose? I really don't have any idea. Maybe a political figure? It might be interesting to hear their thoughts directly, rather than how the media spins it.
5) Sedaka appeared as the musical guest during the second season of Saturday Night Live. What's the most recent show you watched on TV? Was it live, from your dvr, or did you stream it? I just finished streaming last night's episode of Swamp People: Serpent Invasion.
6) His daughter Dara sings on TV and radio commercials. What advertising jingle sticks in your head? "Jardiance, the little pill with the big story to tell."
7) In 1960, when "Calendar Girl" was popular, To Kill a Mockingbird was first published. Have you read it? Yes, but not in school. I read it on my own less than 10 years ago. I loved it.
8) Also in 1960, John F. Kennedy, Jr. was baptized in the Georgetown University Chapel. His godparents were Charles and Martha Bartlett, the couple who introduced his famous parents. Do you have any godchildren? No.
9) Random question -- Which did you enjoy more: the last week of 2024 or the first week of 2025? I guess I'll go with the first week of 2025. We were still dealing with norovirus the last week of 2024. (Our grandson seems to have the virus now...praying it doesn't hit us again.)
Thanks to Crazy Sam at Saturday 9 for the music and questions!
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I like the new Jardiance commercial in the grocery store better than the second one in the office. But my favorite is still the original around the fountain. I found myself singing that one morning while feeding the cats. I revisited Mockingbird during covid lockdown and this past year I reread Gatsby and was glad I did. Maybe I should Moby Dick another shot ... nah! ;)
ReplyDeleteNah...I wouldn't. I wouldn't give Frankenstein another shot, either.
DeleteGreat answers, and sorry to hear your grandson is sick now. That bug/virus was quite nasty. Our kids, Benton and Rose had it, but thankfully they didn't share it with us! I have several calendars, one in almost every room! The only ones I write on are in our bathrooms, so we can see what's happening every day! I've found that putting things in my phone calendar doesn't really help me. For some reason it never reminds me on time and I rarely look at it. I rely more on the ones we have hanging in the bathrooms. Hope you are safe and warm in your home this weekend. Do you have a lot of snow? We don't have any here in Florida, but we can appreciate what others have by watching it on youtube. That's close enough! LOL. Stay safe and warm and cozy!
ReplyDeleteWe have about 5 inches of snow, I think, after last night's fresh fall. The first snow was a wet one so it compacted down after a couple of days. It's been awfully cold, but we're to have a "heat wave" in the next few days. We're going to get all the way up to freezing!
DeleteI liked that calendar page you shared on January 1 so much that I ordered the same calendar and the larger Susan Branch, too.
you're the 2nd person to write about jardiance...i had never even heard of it but then again i don't watch regular tv....except for The Today Show and Law/Order SVU and NEVER pay attention to commercials.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear you've been sick..hopefully you won't catch the latest from your grandson.
I am not a fan of the newer Jardiance commercials. The first one was the best and it drove me crazy too.
ReplyDeleteI would never be able to use my memory for my calendar. Good for you!
I hope the norovirus goes away soon! Loved your answers! Have a nice weekend!
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Yes, that norovirus is something else, sigh...I really don't like that Jardiance commercial(s). If you lived here, you could come to lunch with us, smiles.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that commercial dies stay with you …
ReplyDeleteI hope everyone is healthy soon--there are so many different illnesses swirling around me that I am afraid I'll catch it all!
ReplyDeleteMy husband is a big "Swamp People" fan. So I have seen that show. I usually try to read a book or something while it's on. There are only so many ways to catch a snake or kill an alligator. Troy, though, he's a hoot.
ReplyDeleteIt's true about there only being so many ways to kill a gator and if it was a regular hunting show I'd be bored to death. I don't know why I love Swamp People so much.
DeleteIt's nice to find someone else who enjoys Swamp People!! Sure hope no one else gets sick. Have a good Sunday. Sorry to be so late getting to blogs!!
ReplyDeleteYour lateness is completely understandable today. I'm so glad all of you ladies could get together. I do like Swamp People and Serpent Invasion, though more than anything, SI makes me glad I don't live in Florida these days! It was bad enough when my mother-in-law sent a clipping a few months after we moved back up here about a 20 foot python found under a house just a few houses down from where we had lived! Now it seems like the snakes (and other invasive critters) are EVERYWHERE!
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